"He was happy," I said, trying to slip my old hand from the youngman's grip. "He was so happy he came to regard his body lice as his'little pets' and didn't care that he would have to pass the rest ofhis days without a bath. His stuttering, which had embarrassed him allhis life and caused him great shame, came to a sudden end as he foundthe liquid vowels and smooth consonants of the Devaki language rollingeasily off his tongue. He loved Lara's children as his own and lovedLara as only a desperate and romantic man can love a woman. Though shehad none of the exotic skills of the courtesans with whom he had beenso familiar, she loved him with such a strength and passion that hecame to divide his life into two parts: the time before Lara, whichwas murky and dim and full of confused memories, and the time after,which was full of light and joy and laughter. So it happened thatwhen, the following midwinter spring, she pointed to her belly andsmiled, he knew with a sureness that he had not spent his life in vainand was as happy as a man could be.

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